title: Traumatic elbow luxation in a free-ranging hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus): surgical management using circumferential suture prostheses.
abstract: A free-ranging adult female hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) was presented injured, presumably from vehicular trauma. Clinical and radiographic examination under general anesthesia revealed a lateral elbow luxation. Closed reduction was unsuccessful, so a surgical approach with circumferential suture prostheses was used to stabilize the elbow. Neither perioperative nor postoperative complications were recorded. The hedgehog regained good range of motion of the elbow and was fully able to run and to roll into a ball.
authors.affiliation: Small Animal Surgery Service, Ecole Nationale Veterinaire d'Alfort, 7 Avenue du General de Gaulle, 94700, Maisons-Alfort, France. rvallefuoco@gmail.com
authors.forename: Rosario
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vallefuoco
authors.forename: Charly
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pignon
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Furst
authors.forename: Lauriane
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Personne
authors.forename: Jean-Francois
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Courreau
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Moissonnier
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D005552:Forelimb / Q000473:pathology*; D006364:Hedgehogs; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D007596:Joints / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery